"Considering ultraprocessed foods’ detrimental health effects—a 2021 meta-analysis showed such products raise mortality risk by 25 percent—Gearhardt argues that it’s better to chance misclassifying ultraprocessed foods as addictive than to fail to label them as such when warranted. 'It’s cigarettes all over again', she says."
#MartaZaraska, 2023
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/food-can-be-literally-addictive-new-evidence-suggests/
